Editors Notes:
During its "Western Region" themed Autumn Gala the Mid-Hants (or Watercress) Railway put its BR Standard Class 9F to work on both passenger and freight trains. Even the latter were actually passenger trains as tickets were sold to ride in the SR "Queen Mary" bogie brake van at the western end of the train which is seen accelerating away from Ropley to go "over the Alps" through Medstead & Four Marks station and on to Alton on Sunday 21st October 2018.